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To Gen WF Barry and others From RH Milroy Aug 14 1863

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To Brigadier General W.F. Barry
Brigadier General J.J. Abercrombie
& Brigiadier General G.A.
De Russey,
who are detailed under special
order No 346, to investigate the facts and
circumstances connected with the evacuation
of Winchester, by the command of Major
General R.H Milroy US Vols; and to report
as in said order specified.

Gentlemen.-
Before you organize as a court under
said order is it my duty to admit &
I do so with great pleasure, that if
your military rank were equal to your
personal and military merit, you would
be in all respects my peers, but as
there are at this time many officers who
are Major Generals and who are not in
active service in the field & who so
far as I can judge, could have been
detailed to compose the court under
said order; I claim that this court

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To Brigadier General W.F. Barry
Brigadier General J.J. Abercrombie
& Brigiadier General G.A.
De Russey,
who are detailed under special
order No 346, to investigate the facts and
circumstances connected with the evacuation
of Winchester, by the command of Major
General R.H Milroy US Vols; and to report
as in said order specified.

Gentlemen.-
Before you organize as a court under
said order is it my duty to admit &
I do so with great pleasure, that if
your military rank were equal to your
personal and military merit, you would
be in all respects my peers, but as
there are at this time many officers who
are Major Generals and who are not in
active service in the field & who so
far as I can judge, could have been
detailed to compose the court under
said order; I claim that this court

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This item is owned by the Jasper County Public Library. Permission to publish or reproduce this item is required and must be obtained from the Director of the Jasper County Public Library, Rensselaer, Indiana. Please visit www.myjcpl.org for more information.